Facing a resilient insurgency, officials say President Karzai is seeking negotiations with elements of Taliban to end the conflict. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — After nearly two years of increased bloodshed, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reaching out to Taliban militants, who have been waging battle against his government, in a renewed …

Russia’s FM has dismissed Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili’s claim that Moscow

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At least 6 tribesmen and 6 government soldiers have been killed in fierce clashes in southern Yemen sparked by protests over jobs.

The Iraqi Kurdish region’s premier, Nechirvan Barzani, on Wednesday urged Kurdish rebels to declare a cease-fire “and think of another solution” to achieving their goal of a Kurdish state.

Hamas members of the Palestinian Parliament held a session of the assembly in Gaza on Wednesday in a challenge to the West Bank-based administration of President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah. Meanwhile in

The Lebanese political crisis was expected to rank high on the agenda of talks of US President George W. Bush and his French counterpart President Nicolas Sarkozy in

Following its monthly meeting in Bkirki, the Maronite Bishops’ Council reiterated “with insistence,” on Wednesday its call for government officials to find a consensus

Avand ca mandat detensionarea crizei imigrantilor romani, premierul Tariceanu a facut ieri un tur de forta la Roma intalnindu-se cu

Evenimentele de pe scena politică italiană se succed, în ultima perioadă, cu o viteză crescută, afectând în mod negativ cabinetul condus de “Il Professore”, fostul preÅŸedinte al